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Efrat Zipor
Teaching Students How to Write
Not Mission ImpossibleEfrat Zipor February 2010
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An Essay PhotoTitle
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Run-On Sentences
'Danielle went down town yesterday and ran into Shanni ,
they decided to go to the mall and try on outfits
for the party on Friday, after they had done that
they went looking for shoes and then they had lunch
together, then they saw Ami, one of their friends,
and so they all sat together and talked about how
boring English classes are…'
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Topic Sentences – First Sentence Studies show that eating too much fast food is fattening,
addictive and unhealthy. This is true for several reasons.
First of all, the large amount of sugar in soft drinks causes
cavities, which is especially bad for teenagers. Second,
health experts point out that the calcium builds bone mass
during adolescence and that the best source of calcium is
milk. However, many teenagers are substituting milk with
soda which has no calcium. Moreover, fast foods lack many
nutrients that are important to the body.
(Adapted from Insights, Eric Cohen Books)
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Topic Sentences – Last Sentence
She had long blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. She was
good at about everything – history, languages and even
math. In addition, she made friends quite easily and seemed
to be loved by practically everyone. Jane was simply one of
those people you really wanted to hate but couldn't.
Efrat Zipor
A Paragraph Check-List
1. a key sentence
2. detail sentences
3. one or two connectors
Efrat Zipor
An Essay-Plan
1. Introducing the topic
2. "Meat"
3. "Meat"
4. Conclusion + extra (optional)
Efrat Zipor
An Essay Check-List
1. paragraphs (didn't forget to use them; didn't start "new lines")
2. opening, "meat", conclusion
3. a connector at the beginning of each paragraph
4. basic grammar ok